{"id":213156,"date":"2022-11-05T19:23:20","date_gmt":"2022-11-05T13:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=213156"},"modified":"2022-11-05T19:23:20","modified_gmt":"2022-11-05T13:53:20","slug":"dont-delhi-and-punjab-govt-breath-the-same-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/dont-delhi-and-punjab-govt-breath-the-same-air\/","title":{"rendered":"Don’t Delhi And Punjab Govt Breath The Same Air?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source<\/span><\/b>: The post is based on the article <\/span>\u201c<\/span><\/b>Don’t Delhi And Punjab Govt Breath The Same Air?<\/span><\/b>\u201d <\/span><\/b>published in <\/span>The Times of India <\/span><\/b>on <\/span>5th November 2022<\/span><\/b>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Syllabus: <\/span><\/b>GS- Environmental pollution and degradation<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Relevance:<\/span><\/b>\u00a0Air pollution in large cities.<\/span><\/p>\n

News: <\/span><\/b>The article explains the issue of poor air quality in Delhi.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Why is stubble burning in Punjab the leading cause of pollution in Delhi?<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n

In the month of November, the contribution of stubble burning to Delhi pollution is more than 30%.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>More than 90% of farm fires in the months of October and November are reported from Punjab.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What are other factors responsible for air pollution in Delhi?<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n

There is a lack of <\/span>robust public transport infrastructure<\/span><\/b> in Delhi. It has fewer buses today than it had 10 years back.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Biomass burning<\/span><\/b> for cooking and heating leads to poor air quality in Delhi. The pollution intensity of open biomass burning is 100 to 1000 times more than those from vehicle and industries<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There is reluctance on part of the government to grass the sideways and open spaces.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What is the way forward?<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n

There is a need for more investment in well-connected <\/span>public transport and roads<\/span><\/b>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Greening of open spaces<\/span><\/b> should be prompted to reduce the dust.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Delhi has to work with neighbourhood states to reduce pollution from open biomass burning and coal.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There is a need for no-harm agreements<\/strong> with neighbour states. It should be a <\/span>formal and binding agreement <\/span><\/b>to stop fires.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article \u201cDon’t Delhi And Punjab Govt Breath The Same Air?\u201d published in The Times of India on 5th November 2022.\u00a0 Syllabus: GS- Environmental pollution and degradation\u00a0 Relevance:\u00a0Air pollution in large cities. News: The article explains the issue of poor air quality in Delhi.\u00a0 Why is stubble burning in… Continue reading Don’t Delhi And Punjab Govt Breath The Same Air?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10311,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[216,10496],"class_list":["post-213156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-3","tag-times-of-india","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704803188},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10311"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213156\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}